A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Jiangxi of China based on morphological and molecular evidences

作者：Liu, Ren-Lin^*; Tang, Zhong-Bing; Gao, Lian-Ming^*

来源：Phytotaxa, 2018, 356(4): 267-275.

DOI：10.11646/phytotaxa.356.4.2

• China
• DNA barcoding
• Morphological analysis
• New species
• Rhododendron

Rhododendron microcarpum R.L. Liu & L.M. Gao sp. nov. is described as a new species which is confined to Jiangxi, China. It has been discovered only in Yingpan Mountain located in the junction area of Nanling Mountains and Luoxiao Mountains. Morphologically, R. microcarpum is significantly distinguishable from closely related species R. ovatum by elliptic leaves with small size of 2.56 (+/- 0.11) x 1.25 (+/- 0.04) cm, pink-white corolla, short calyx with 0.23 (+/- 0.003) cm in length, and small flower and fruit. ITS Neighbor-joining (NJ) tree indicates that R. microcarpum represents a distinct species and is genetically closest to R. ovatum. Evidences from morphological, ecological and molecular data supported R. microcarpum as a new species of R. subgenus Azaleastrum Planch..

• 出版日期2018-6-18
• 单位赣南师范大学; 中国科学院昆明植物研究所